20 years ago, teleSUR was born with the mission to tell the stories of our America from the south. Among its most emblematic coverage, the farewell of the historic leader of the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela, Commander Hugo Chavez, stands out. Today, we remember how teleSUR accompanied the Venezuelan people in those days of pain and reflection. teleSUR
00:0020 years ago, Telesur was born with the mission to tell the stories of our America from the south.
00:08Among its most emblematic coverage, the farewell of the historic leader of the Bolivarian Revolution of Venezuela,
00:14Commander Hugo Chavez stands out.
00:16Today, we remember how Telesur accompanied the Venezuelan people in those days of pain and reflection.
00:22On national TV, the current President, Nicolás Maduro, had the mission of announcing the death of the commander on March 5, 2013, after a battle with cancer.
00:35At 4.25 p.m. today, March 5, Commander President Hugo Chavez passed away.
00:45From the military hospital, the President of Telesur, Patricia Villegas, reported what this news meant for the people.
00:51I am at this moment outside the military hospital, this medical institution that welcomed the President of the Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, during the last two weeks of his life.
01:04There were more than 11 days of uninterrupted coverage.
01:11Social movements from different parts of the world united to pay tribute to President Hugo Chavez, a man who for many is a symbol of Latin America.
01:20And with the wound open, the entire Telesur team went out to make the coverage that you saw and you will see a professional work.
01:35Because IT is also in those moments when Telesur draws its strength, brings out what it has learned and shows a coverage of that news that nobody wanted to show in Venezuela.
01:50The camera lens captured how more than 2 million people mobilized to accompany the funeral acts of Commander Chavez.
01:59Chavez multiplied in the world, in people, in children, in adults, in teachers, in the whole world.
02:05To speak of Chavez is to speak of humanity, of love, of the feeling he left US all.
02:12IT is a legacy so beautiful and so nice that even our little children who are their one and love Chavez.
02:20Hugo Chavez, besides being a political leader, touched the heart of the Venezuelan people with the Por Ahora on February 4, 1992, whose genuine love grew until it became invincible.
02:35Chavez was the pioneer in Latin America and the Caribbean in raising the banners of the defense of women, whose protagonism made women of the world feel visible and included in the projects for the development of programs that benefit the population.
02:50Listening to the testimonies of people saying, I had never cried so much for someone other than my family, more than my father, my mother, but someone, my heart broke the same way.
03:03Many people commented on US because we were the invisible ones and Chavez made US visible.
03:09We were those who had no voice and Chavez gave US a voice.
03:14We were those who were historically excluded and Chavez included US.
03:20Then, to see all that mass of people crying, saying that a part of them had also left with commander Hugo Chavez, and that we had to stay now, firmer than ever, defending the homeland.
03:33That was the real people of Venezuela, the love that Chavez sought in this country.
03:39It was days and nights. People came to say their last goodbyes.
03:44My father, my president, my father, my father, my father.
03:50My father, my father, my father, my father, my father, my father, my father, my father, my father.
03:53Commander Chavez was transferred to the mountain barracks in a tour that departed from the military academy.
04:00A human being who gave everything for his country, and this is the least one can do for him.
04:05Telesur witnessed this historic event. The leader of the Bolivarian revolution descended into eternity.
04:12His people, with tears in their eyes, said their last goodbyes and pledged loyalty to his legacy.
